"There is no other way to build tombs in Heiyun Village other than those brought from the Central Plains. Therefore, no matter what era the tombs were built in, they are all the same."
Thinking of this, I accelerated my search.
Caiyun saw my actions and started searching on the other side of the coffin.
However, this time the hope was doomed to be in vain.
Caiyun and I quickly looked through the inside and outside of the sarcophagus, except for picking up the bones in the coffin and examining them one by one.
It's a pity that this is just an ordinary sarcophagus, without any clues about the hidden passage.
Just when Caiyun and I gave up on the sarcophagus and prepared to expand the search area to the stone room outside, Uncle Ciwang suddenly let out a cheer.
"I found it, here, there is a doorway here." Ciwang ran over in a few steps, grabbed my arm, and dragged me to the edge of the tomb wall at the entrance.
"Look, look at the clay here. Is there anything different?" Ciwang said excitedly, pointing to an area in the corner about half a person's height.
I turned on the flashlight, shined it on the position of his finger, and moved my face closer to take a closer look. There was nothing surprising about that position. It was the same blue bricks, and the gaps were filled with the same clay.
"Old Guotou, they all look the same to me, what's the difference?" Deyang Ram on the side said a little strangely.
"Look carefully here," Ciwang stretched out a finger and pointed at the clay in one of the cracks. "Look at the clay at this location. I don't see any difference."
Seeing how serious Ciwang was, I thought there must be something different, so I looked at the gap again.
Upon closer inspection, I really saw something different. The clay in this gap was a little darker than the color in other places. It was a very subtle difference. If he hadn't pointed it out specifically, I wouldn't have discovered such a difference at all.
.
"It looks like the clay here is a little darker."
"That's right!" Ciwang patted my shoulder and scraped the piece of clay with his finger. He scraped some soft lumps of clay between his fingernails. Then he scraped the other piece with his other finger.
Location of clay.
Lifting two fingers in front of my eyes, Ciwang continued: "Not only is the color darker, but its hardness is also softer than other places."
If you look closely at the clay blocks on his two fingers, there are indeed slight differences. The pieces of clay that are scraped off from the problem-free areas are dry powder, while the hanging clay blocks from the problematic areas are slightly sticky.
I had a vague idea, dusted off the clay on my hands, and said, "This clay is called cooked clay. It contains a certain proportion of lime paste. This stuff will absorb moisture in the air. Based on the construction of this coffin chamber,
Judging from the scale, if nothing else goes wrong, there should be a sealing soil layer and a waterproof rammed earth layer on the outer layer of the coffin chamber to separate the coffin chamber from the outside mountain. In this case, it is almost impossible for the water flow inside the mountain to penetrate
The double sealing of the sealing soil layer and the rammed soil layer penetrates into the tomb, and a small amount of water is directly absorbed by the outer soil layer."
"What does this mean?" Ciwang, Deyang Ram and others were not sure.
I continued: "But judging from the condition of this small piece of clay, it clearly means that it has absorbed some water vapor. So, is it possible that there are cracks in the outer sealing soil layer and rammed earth layer, allowing water to contact the tomb coffin?
What about the coffin chamber? This situation is not true. If the coffin chamber is directly exposed to the water flow, then under the penetration of the water flow, the clay on the brick wall of the coffin chamber should be wetted in a relatively large range, not just such a small area.
an area.”
"Judging from the degree of softening of this piece of clay, it is only exposed to relatively humid air with some water vapor, and is not in direct contact with moisture, so
This sign of softening is not obvious, what do you think this means?" I looked at Ciwang and Deyang Ram inquiringly.
"This means the circulation of air. In other words, behind this small piece of clay, it is not completely sealed by the rammed earth layer. There is a gap for air circulation."
"That's right, the more sophisticated the mechanism, the more space it has to leave behind the wall for connection and rotation. Judging from the condition of this clay layer, I can conclude that the secret tunnel switch of this tomb is located here.
Near the location.”
After saying this, the morale of the team was boosted. Next, we focused on this small area and carefully explored the existence of the switch.
Discovering the possible location of the mechanism does not mean that the switch has been exposed to us. It can only be said that we have made a good start.
However, as long as the analysis is correct, finding the switch of the secret passage is just a matter of time.
Sure enough, before two minutes had passed, we made a new discovery on the nearby blue bricks.
I gently knocked on a blue brick near the clay, and it made a softer "click" sound, which was completely different from the "porphyrin" sound of other blue bricks.
I have found the blue brick, but I am not completely sure whether it is a mechanism or a secret passage switch hidden behind it.
Although according to common sense, the trigger point of the mechanism should be in a more conspicuous position, and the switch of the secret passage should be hidden as long as possible, but before the answer is revealed, there will still be some tension.
As soon as I exerted force on my hand, the whole palm of my hand pressed down hard.
The tomb suddenly became quiet, and only the breathing of a few of us echoed in the space.
No mechanism was activated, no secret passage was opened, nothing happened.
We looked at each other in shock, our minds a little confused for a moment.
But within a few seconds, we heard a muffled sound from behind the walls on both sides at the same time. Then, the entire tomb chamber started to rattle and rotate. We hurriedly held the coffin and made a loud noise when it rubbed against the stone.
Amidst the harsh sound, I watched the tomb chamber slowly rotate.
"Click!" About three minutes later, with a soft sound, the tomb chamber stopped completely after rotating 180 degrees.
The entrance to the tomb that we entered before was turned 180 degrees and connected to another dark passage.
A cold breath surged out from the entrance of the passage and filled the entire tomb in an instant, making us shiver. It seemed to remind us, the uninvited guests, that what we would face next would be
It will be the ultimate terror from deep places.
"Isn't there a tomb at the bottom of the lake ahead?" Ciwang became a little nervous.
With doubts, we slowly walked forward. However, as soon as we arrived there, I was dumbfounded.
A blue lake suddenly appeared in front of us like a mirror in the sky.
"This...is this a lunatic village?"
"That's right, this is the lunatic village." Tsewang affirmed.
I lay down on the edge of the lake and put my hand into the water, "Oh, it's quite cold."
The place where we are is the lake at the foot of Dagushan Mountain. Looking at the green and quiet lake water, we are worried, "Doesn't this secret passage lead to the tomb at the bottom of the lake? How did we get to Dagushan Mountain?"
By this time the sun had climbed over the mountain, and I was sweating profusely.
"Yun Ding'e did say that this secret passage leads to the forbidden areas, Dagushan Mountain and Xiaogushan Mountain. He did not say that this secret passage leads directly to the tomb at the bottom of the lake. Maybe, it is just near the passage." Deyang Ram analyzed.
Suddenly, Ciwang shouted "Be careful". I turned around quickly and saw Yu'er suddenly behaved uncharacteristically and rushed towards me like a tiger that had escaped from its cage. I had no time to dodge and was hit hard by it, causing me to fall backwards.
Look up
, fell directly into the bottomless green lake, and when they fell into the water, they could faintly hear the screams of Tsewang and others.
As soon as I fell into the water, my mouth and nose felt sore from choking. I struggled to swim up, but I saw a black shadow flashing above my head, and a huge object jumped into the water after me. I paddled my arms, and gradually
After adapting to the underwater environment, before I could swim out of the water, I realized that what just fell into the water was none other than Yu'er.
After it knocked me into the green lake, it also jumped down for some reason. Yu'er's movements under the water were extremely fast. It dived into the water and jumped to my side, constantly waving its front paws at me, as if to say hello.
I walked with it. I had been holding my breath for a long time. If I didn't go up to take a breath, I might drown at any time, but Yu'er refused to let me go.
This dog was quite stubborn. Seeing that I was unwilling to follow it, it picked me up in one gulp, grabbed me by the collar and swam straight to the bottom of the water. I was held by the collar in its mouth, and the resistance underwater was very strong. I waved my hands and feet to try to get rid of it.
After throwing off its hold, all my strength was lost by the water. Finally, due to lack of oxygen, I suddenly lost consciousness.
When I regained consciousness again, my mind went blank. In a trance, I heard the clanging sound of horse hooves, and then I seemed to see countless small blue fish swimming around me in one body. My whole body felt like being run over by a wheel.
It's the same as ever, painful and sore.
I said "ouch" and opened my eyes, but what I saw was darkness.
But I soon calmed down, opened my eyes wide, and quickly got used to the darkness around me. I stretched out my hand, but as soon as it reached my chest, I was blocked by a flat and light wall. I was shocked.
I knew where I was, but I only knew that I was lying flat at the moment. I followed the trend and moved towards other places, but all the exits were blocked, and there was no room to even sit up. I slowly realized that I was trapped in one place.
inside a small object.
I took a deep breath and felt that the air was not turbid and there was fresh air flowing. I felt a little relieved this time, and then I started to use my brain to investigate my situation. I tried shouting a few times, but I didn't dare to shout too loudly.
, in such a nearly completely enclosed space, shouting too loudly will only hurt your ears.
Sure enough, I shouted several times, but the sound was buzzing and reflected back from the solid wall. I clenched my fist on my chest and banged it upwards hard, but there was no movement. I tried all the moves I could try,
Finally, it was determined that it would be difficult for me to escape from this sealed box-shaped object without any weapons.
I closed my eyes and ordered myself to calm down, and then began to think about where this place was.
First of all, I was dragged into the water by Yu'er and finally lost consciousness. I don't know how long the interval was, but I guess it won't be too long. So what happened next? Yu'er dragged me into the water, obviously with purpose and direction.
Yes, I seemed to hear the sound of other people falling into the water. There were only a few of us by the lake at that time. The more I thought about it, the more irritated I became. This poor place was small and dark, it was just like a coffin!
A thought suddenly flashed through my mind, and I hurriedly ran my hand along the cracks in the wall, and sure enough I found an arc-shaped gap near my head.
I feel sad and happy at the same time: Damn it, I have been nailed into the coffin. That arc is the mark of the coffin nails being driven in.
Perhaps out of instinctive fear, although I figured out where I was, my mood became heavier and I couldn't help but slap the coffin lid again.
"Damn it, I won't be buried as a drowned ghost!"
Just as I was thinking about it, there was suddenly a faint knocking sound outside. I calmed down, put my ear to the coffin board and listened for a while, and vaguely heard someone calling my name. The sound seemed to be transmitted through many layers of things.
But it felt like there was more than one person coming.
Chapter completed!